Navigator Logo

marcusnieman · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:51 am Post subject: Navigator Logo

Hi guys.... not seen this logo type before. Is it early? Newer?

wulfman · Guitar God Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 906 Location: Ottawa

I have seen it but don't know the year.
Here is a recent tele that sold in Tokyo.
http://www.digimart.net/guitar/inst_detail.do?instrument_id=DS01937298

marcusnieman · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:21 am Post subject:

Interesting..... thanks. Nice tele too!

wulfman · Guitar God Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 906 Location: Ottawa

It looks like a 1-piece body. That was a decent price for a Navigator tele for sure.

BrazenPicker · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:30 pm Post subject:

Looks like the post-Esparto logo to me (>1982) when it was run like a custom shop.

wulfman · Guitar God Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 906 Location: Ottawa

I ended up ordering this Navigator strat today, I wonder what year it could be?
It has the 'Produced by ESP' and the gold-outline Navigator logo.

luis · Guitar God Joined: 15 Sep 2001 Posts: 2353 Location: Spain

90s?
Have to check my early 80s all purpouse catalogs.
Navigators have no serial on headstock until around2004-2005,they have it on neckplate.

I have notice some rare Navigators Esparto were realeased recently.
Espartos are80s usually for sure,

BrazenPicker · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:10 am Post subject:

Ah, the Japanese doctor has one that he says is from 1979:

http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~yjibika/EspartoBlack.html

sneakyjapan · Guitar God Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 1871

From what I have seen in Japan, the ESPartos and telESPos were early, 1970`s, they published some special catalogues during their anniversary year a while ago that had a pictorial history of their guitars and those models were among the earliest.

wulfman · Guitar God Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 906 Location: Ottawa